Information for Patients & Visitors – Bedford Hospital

Bedford Hospital has two sites: South Wing and North Wing, the majority of our services are based at the South Wing site (which also houses Cygnet wing) please click on one of the links below for information on how to get to Bedford Hospital.

Accessibility

For more information about the Patient Transport service, please click here.

Next of Kin Liaison Service

Despite the easing of lockdown procedures across the country, we are still not allowing visitors to adult patients in our hospital to prevent the spread of infection.

This will help us to minimise the number of people in the hospital and reduce the risk of spreading infection to protect our patients and staff. There may be some other exceptions to this on compassionate grounds which we will discuss with you on an individual basis.

Changes are being made to support services and we would now ask that, from Saturday 6 June 2020, you contact the wards using the direct lines at the end of this message for an update once daily. As with the Next of Kin helpline, updates will only be given to one family member for those patients who are unable to communicate for themselves. Friends and family are encouraged to keep in touch with patients, using their own mobile phones where this is possible.

We ask that calls are made between 1pm and 4pm each day. Due to the busy environment in the wards, calls may not be answered outside of these times.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during these challenging times.

Despite the easing of lockdown procedures across the country, we are still not allowing visitors to adult patients in our hospital to prevent the spread of infection.

This will help us to minimise the number of people in the hospital and reduce the risk of spreading infection to protect our patients and staff. There may be some other exceptions to this on compassionate grounds which we will discuss with you on an individual basis.

Changes are being made to support services and we would now ask that, from Saturday 6 June 2020, you contact the wards using the direct lines at the end of this message for an update once daily. As with the Next of Kin helpline, updates will only be given to one family member for those patients who are unable to communicate for themselves. Friends and family are encouraged to keep in touch with patients, using their own mobile phones where this is possible.

We ask that calls are made between 1pm and 4pm each day. Due to the busy environment in the wards, calls may not be answered outside of these times.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during these challenging times.

Ward name

Telephone number

AAU

01234 795819

Arnold Whitchurch

01234 792268

Coronary Care Unit

01234 792212

Elizabeth Ward

01234 792248

Godber Ward

01234 792210

Harpur Ward

01234 792224

Howard Ward

01234 795753

Critical Care Complex

01234 792257

Pilgrim Ward

01234 792241

Reginald Hart Ward

01234 792216

Richard Wells Ward

01234 792245

Russell Ward

01234 795940

Shuttleworth Ward

01234 792273

Shand Ward

01234 792231

Tavistock Ward

01234 792270

Whitbread Ward

01234 795867

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A reminder about visitor restrictions

To families of all our patients, we wanted to give a reminder that sadly, at both Bedford and the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, we are still unable to allow any visitors on site, unless there are exceptional circumstances, for example in maternity or children’s departments, or for those patients who are receiving palliative treatment at the end of their lives, on a case-by-case basis.

At Bedford changes are being made to support services and we would now ask that, from Saturday 6 June 2020, you contact the wards using the direct lines found here.

For the Luton & Dunstable, we are offering a dedicated Next of Kin helpline for family members who want to check up on their loved ones – please nominate one family member to call 01582 718884 between 8am and 6pm.